Barrister's Pay

My wife is a long serving barrister who does family cases; mostly money and children.

She does her proportion of legal aid cases, but due to the rules being imposed is now earning less on these cases than she was a few years ago. What is worrying though is that new barristers are steering clear of this type of case. When those like my wife retire in a few years time, there will not be any adequate legal representation for those who can’t fund themselves.

Perhaps, the government should adopt an holistic approach, whereby they realise that by funding barristers and handling marriage break-up properly they will have far less problems in other areas.

Some hope!